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Sumitomo Electric Opens £350 Million Subsea Cable Factory in Scotland

PUBT·10/19/2026 13:23:38
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Sumitomo Electric Opens £350 Million Subsea Cable Factory in Scotland
  • Sumitomo Electric opened a £350 million subsea HVDC cable factory at Scotland's Port of Nigg, the UK's first.
  • The facility will create at least 200 jobs and support hundreds more across the supply chain.
  • Scotland's government invested £24.5 million in construction; SSEN Transmission's proposed Shetland 2 subsea cable project anchored the investment.
  • National Grid awarded the manufacturer a contract to supply HVDC cable for Sea Link, supporting UK electricity network expansion.


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